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WISDOM FOR SALE? THE SOPHISTS AND MONEY.

In this article, the author explores some connotations about the sophists' practice of accepting money for instruction. He presents arguments why Plato adopted it as basic to his portrayal of the sophists. He also considers the pervasiveness of the juxtaposition of the sophists and fees in the Plato...

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Published in:Classical Philology Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 13 - 34
Main Author: Tell, Håkan
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Jan2009
Subjects:
Pre-Socratic philosophers
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
Plato, 428-347 B.C.
Ancient philosophy
Classical philology
Classical literature
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Summary:In this article, the author explores some connotations about the sophists' practice of accepting money for instruction. He presents arguments why Plato adopted it as basic to his portrayal of the sophists. He also considers the pervasiveness of the juxtaposition of the sophists and fees in the Platonic tradition and other juxtaposition of money and sophia. He argues that teaching for pay was not a neutral labeling but a charge to which all sophoi were susceptible.